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Old March 7, 2010, 09:12 PM   #2
James K
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That receiver looks odd, I hope it wasn't in a fire or something like that.

Anyway, the answer is to give the job to a gunsmith or, if you know of a good one, a machine shop. It requires a sold drill press or milling machine set up to keep the drill from wandering, plus a stiff starter drill. Once the old screw is drilled out, the hole can be cleaned up with a 6x48 tap. That is a non-standard size used in the gun industry, so a machine shop may not have the tap, though a gunsmith certainly will.

You can get new screws from the gunsmith or from Brownells.

Jim
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